What is meditation?
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"Meditation is not an act of concentration, but a wordless state of being that can only be tasted in the silence of total listening."
According to Osho, meditation (dhyana) is an untranslatable, wordless, subjective state of being—the very center and womb of his whole vision—not an act of concentrating the mind. It can be tasted, not described. A fragment of understanding arises through total, uncluttered listening—without inner clouds—and that small seed, once felt in the heart, grows by itself.
It’s not thinking hard about one thing, but quietly being so present and clear inside that you can feel what words can’t say.
Why this matters practically
- Helps you stop confusing effortful focus with true meditation.
- Trains deep listening, reducing mental clutter in daily interactions.
- Even a tiny glimpse can grow into transformative understanding.
- Trains deep listening, reducing mental clutter in daily interactions.
- Even a tiny glimpse can grow into transformative understanding.
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